Materials are a necessity for all engineering applications. Materials science and engineering seeks to understand the fundamental physical origins of material behavior in order to optimize properties ...

Here, we review this transition with regard to selected physical properties including size, shape, mechanical properties, surface texture and compartmentalization.

American Institute of Physics (AIP). (2016, November 29). Creating new physical properties in materials. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 11 ...

Zirconium is a strong, ductile and malleable metal whose physical and chemical properties are similar to that of titanium. It has good corrosion and heat resistance. ... Zirconium - Mechanical ...

A computational study has predicted a new 2-D boron material with impressive electronic and physical properties (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13075). Chemists first predicted ...

Architected materials – like this 3D lattice – get their properties not from what they are made out of, but from their structure. Ryan Lee, CC BY-ND. The new material is a type of architected ...